IMSA: Nasr puts Penske Porsche on top ahead of qualifying
Granted it was only a warm-up session ahead of pole qualifying for the Rolex 24 at Daytona, but Felipe Nasr turned the fastest lap for the GTP cars in the #7 Penske Porsche.
Nasr’s time of 1m34.926s was 0.147s faster than the Acura of Meyer Shank Racing with Tom Blomqvist at the wheel.
Session 6 – Prequalifying Warmup
Pos | Pic | No. | Class | Drivers* | Team | Car | Time | Lap | Total | Behind | Gap | Mph |
1 | 1 | 7 | GTP | M. Campbell / F. Nasr/M. Christensen | Porsche Penske Motorsports | Porsche 963 | 1:34.926 | 6 | 6 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 135.010 |
2 | 2 | 60 | GTP | T. Blomqvist / C. Braun/H. Castroneves / S. Pagenaud | Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb Agajanian | Acura ARX-06 | 1:35.073 | 6 | 6 | +0.147 | +0.147 | 134.801 |
3 | 3 | 6 | GTP | M. Jaminet / N. Tandy/D. Cameron | Porsche Penske Motorsports | Porsche 963 | 1:35.228 | 5 | 8 | +0.302 | +0.155 | 134.582 |
4 | 4 | 31 | GTP | P. Derani / A. Sims / J. Aitken | Whelen Engineering Racing Cadillac V-LMDh | Cadillac V-LMDh | 1:35.442 | 5 | 6 | +0.516 | +0.214 | 134.280 |
5 | 5 | 10 | GTP | R. Taylor / F. Albuquerque/L. Deletraz / B. Hartley | Konica Minolta Acura ARX-06 | Acura ARX-06 | 1:35.458 | 4 | 4 | +0.532 | +0.016 | 134.258 |
6 | 6 | 02 | GTP | E. Bamber / A. Lynn/R. Westbrook | Cadillac Racing | Cadillac V-LMDh | 1:35.656 | 6 | 6 | +0.730 | +0.198 | 133.980 |
7 | 7 | 01 | GTP | S. Bourdais / R. van der Zande/S. Dixon | Cadillac Racing | Cadillac V-LMDh | 1:36.054 | 3 | 3 | +1.128 | +0.398 | 133.425 |
8 | 8 | 24 | GTP | P. Eng / A. Farfus/M. Wittmann / C. Herta | BMW M Team RLL | BMW M Hybrid V8 | 1:36.652 | 4 | 5 | +1.726 | +0.598 | 132.599 |
9 | 9 | 25 | GTP | C. De Phillippi / N. Yelloly/S. van der Linde / C. Herta | BMW M Team RLL | BMW M Hybrid V8 |